Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:25:15 +1300 From: "James Pluck" <papabearnz(a)gmail.com> Subject: [wlug] Memory Question Hi all.

I thought there may be a memory expert out there in WLUG land :)

Is it deemed a good idea to mix DUal channel with non-dual channel ram in a machine with 4 ram slots? I currently have 1 gb of ddr2-667 ram and was looking at getting another 2 gb but I'm not sure if it is worht getting dual channel ram and running the dual channel in one pair of slots and the single stick in one slot of the other pair.

Enquiring minds and all that :)

Well James, You can run dual channel alongside your existing ram but there is performance benefits not doing so. RAM is cheep these days and it might be worth buying another dual channel of the same brand and type at a latter date. The memory should work well together in a standard mode as long as the memory is of the same timings etc. You can mix it but don't expect the extra performance that dual channel has apart from the performance of having more ram. -- Anthony Cull cullanthony(a)fastmail.fm -- http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely different…